Description:  There is weathering, erosion, and deposition occurring on the playground and disturbing the area where the students can play!  First, invite the students to try to locate areas on the school grounds that show signs of these processes.  Visit these areas as a class and observe what is happening as the soil is broken down, moved away, and dropped somewhere else. (If there is not an appropriate spot on the school grounds, the teacher can use a photograph.)  Your job is to determine the best way to stop the soil from breaking down and moving so the playground is not ruined.

This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Meghan Dmytriw teach about brainstorming and prewriting to write about a good friend.

Students will prepare to take the WorkKeys Reading as an Alternate for the E-O-C English SOL.

This resource provides a rubric written for middle school students to self-assess their expository writing. Teachers may also use it for assessment. In this remix, the parts of an expository essay are outlined.

Remixed from Clarity Innovations' "Persuasive Writing Rubric--High School" available here: https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/22756-persuasive-writing-rubric-high-school.

English Instructional Plan – Writing and Revising a Response to Literature.  The student will write in a variety of forms, to include narrative, expository, persuasive, and reflective, with an emphasis on narrative and reflective writing.